Mt.Hagen Show Tour Panorama 2009
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Adventure; Sightseeing; Sightseeing tour; Excrusions; explorations; Papua New Guinea; Port Moresby; Sepik River; Mt. Hagen; Mount Hagen Show; Papua New Guinea's landscapes; Papua New Guinea tour; Papua New Guinea travel;
The Panorama provides a wide perspective on Papua New Guinea, from cruising the mighty Sepik River, to shaking hands with a Huli Wigman, to experiencing the Mount Hagen Show. The Mount Hagen Show brings together sing-sing groups from throughout Papua New Guinea. The variety of cultures and groups represented by ...
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- Trip Length:
- 12 days
- Price Range:
- From $6430 per person See what this includes and what this excludes
- Best Time to Go:
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Aug 07, 2009 to Aug 18, 2009
- Recommended for:
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15 - 17, 18 - 20, 25 - 30, 31 - 35, 36 - 40, 41 - 50, 51 - 55
Family Trip, Group Retreat, Trip Around the World
Detailed Trip Description
The Panorama provides a wide perspective on Papua New Guinea, from cruising the mighty Sepik River, to shaking hands with a Huli Wigman, to experiencing the Mount Hagen Show. The Mount Hagen Show brings together sing-sing groups from throughout Papua New Guinea. The variety of cultures and groups represented by the Mount Hagen Show, in turn, reflect the diversity of Papua New Guinea's landscapes. From lowland tropical rainforests to alpine forests and grasslands, Papua New Guinea possesses a huge variety of rugged landscapes, exotic ecosystems, and pre-technological cultures.
Trip Itinerary
Day 1 - Port Moresby
Airport Transfer
Arrive in Port Moresby where you will be met and transferred to the Holiday Inn.
Relaxation
You will meet your guide and other group members, and the rest of the day is free.
Meals: Dinner.
Hotel
Lodging: Holiday Inn Port Moresby
Day 2 - Tari
Port Moresby/Tari.
Commercial Flight
Today you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Tari, via Mt. Hagen.
Hotel
Ambua Lodge, an inspired mixture of local architecture with magnificent views, is high on the slopes of the Tari Valley.
Sightseeing
The afternoon is spent exploring the area around Ambua - high mountain forests with roaring waterfalls beckon the intrepid traveler. The forest canopy, a dense mass of interlocking tree tops of all shades of green and the occasional bright splash of color, provides a natural setting and an exhilarating climate for venturing along the nature trails, crossing traditional vine bridges, discovering a secluded waterfall, and spotting high altitude orchids and rhododendrons.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 3 - 4 - Tari
Eco-Tourism
Enjoy two full days of cultural and ecological touring. The Tari area is home to an incredible 13 species of birds of paradise as well as numerous orchid species. Learn how the Huli live and how they interact with and use their environment. The Huli people, famous for their elaborate and colorful dress, are proud warriors that have great reverence for birds, imitating them in ceremonial dances and decorating their wigs, woven from human hair, with feathers, flowers, and cuscus fur. Everlasting daisies are especially cultivated for use in the wigs while their faces are painted with yellow ochre. The women, by contrast, wear black for their wedding and coat themselves with blue-gray clay when mourning. Clans have a strong and intricate social system. It is one of the few places where the traditional way of life can be seen in everyday living. Ceremonial rituals are strongly observed, and men and women can still be seen wearing traditional dress, tending their gardens and pigs and building their bush material huts. You will spend the day exploring the surrounding area, meeting the Huli people, and learning about Huli culture.
Hotel
Meals: 2 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 2 Dinners. Lodging: Ambua Lodge.
Day 5 - Karawari
Tari/Karawari.
Private Jet
Fly by charter aircraft to Ambua airstrip over some of the most rugged and impressive landscapes in the world. The country between Ambua and the Sepik region is an amazing array of jagged limestone that seems to rise and drop at impossible angles.
Hotel
Upon arrival, you will be transferred to to Karawari Lodge. Sitting on a ridge above the Karawari River, Karawari Lodge boasts a spectacular view over hundreds of kilometers of dense tropical jungle. Inspired by local architecture and built with traditional materials, the lodge still provides modern comforts.
Sightseeing
You are now in the middle of “Arambak” country, where locals pole dug-out canoes, the drums throb, the wild birds call, and traditional village lifestyles continue unchanged.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 6 - Karawari
Karawari/Sepik River.
Private Car Service
This morning you will be transferred to the air-conditioned comfort of the MV Sepik Spirit.
River, Barge or Yacht Cruise
Inspired by the architecture of the "haus tambaran," or spirit house, the MV Sepik Spirit has a truly unique design. With its shallow draught, it allows travel to rarely visited areas of the Sepik River and its tributaries in comfort. Note: please remember to bring a pair of clean sandals to wear aboard the Sepik Spirit.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 7 - 8 - Sepik Plains
Sepik River.
River, Barge or Yacht Cruise
Two full days are spent exploring the many waterways of the Sepik and its tributaries, including visits to traditional Sepik Villages. The Sepik River is one of the largest rivers in the world in terms of flow. Steeped in mystery, the people of the Sepik area have fascinated anthropologists like Margaret Mead since the area was first visited. Part of the mystery and attraction of the Sepik peoples is their amazing carvings, now famous all over the world.
Meals: 2 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 2 Dinners.
Day 9 - Mount Hagen
Sepik/Mt. Hagen.
Private Jet
After disembarking at the Timbunke airstrip, you will fly by charter aircraft to Mount Hagen over vast tracts of dense tropical rainforest that eventually relent to the mountains reaching towards the sky. Mount Hagen Town is in the upper Wahgi Valley - a valley with some of the oldest evidence of agriculture in the world.
Performing Arts
You will be met and transfered directly to the Mount Hagen show, a truly spectacular event. The diversity of the costal, lowland and highland sing sing groups at the Hagen Show reflects the incredible diversity of the Papua New Guinea landscape - an unforgettable experience.
Hotel
Stay for the next two nights at the Highlander Hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 10 - Mount Hagen
Mt. Hagen Show.
Performing Arts
Enjoy another full day at the Mt. Hagen Show. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Hotel
Lodging: Highlander Hotel.
Day 11 - Port Moresby
Mt. Hagen/Port Moresby.
Private Jet
As your journey draws to a close, you will depart Mount Hagen for Port Moresby.
Hotel
You will be met at the airport and transferred to the Holiday Inn where you will stay overnight.
Sightseeing
This afternoon, you'll have the opportunity to discover Port Moresby, the bustling economic center and capital of Papua New Guinea.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 12 - Port Moresby
Port Moresby/Onward.
Airport Transfer
You will be picked up from your hotel and transferred to the airport for your international flight onward. Or, ask us about extending your trip to snorkel, dive, trek or more in Papua New Guinea.
Meals: Breakfast
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Meals as noted, each night in double occupancy accommodations, land transfers between components, English speaking guides, park or site entry fees, surface transport, equipment other than personal gear, government tax, airport transfer assistance, in-country ticket reconfirmation & check-in assistance (where permitted), complete pre-departure packet, toll-free pre-departure phone assistance.
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